In Memory Of
GALE, WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1924-02-18
Rank:
Deck Boy
Unit:
S.S. India (Norway)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1943-09-03
Date of Death 2:
1943-09-11
Cause of Death:
Shelled and set on fire sunk by German auxiliary cruiser Michel on Sept. 11, west of Easter Island. En route Talara, Peru for Sydney N.S.W.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 58.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of William and Rosa Alice Gale, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Germiston.
